Sporting Cristal - Cerro Porteno: betting tip for the Copa Libertadores match

Sporting Cristal will host Cerro Porteno in the fifth round of the Copa Libertadores on May 14. Will the heavenly ones be able to hold another strong match and score points in the third round in a row, or will the blue-garnet ones break the series of failures and take away all three points? In the betting tip, we analyzed in detail the form in which the teams approach the face-to-face meeting and selected the most reliable bids. What will be the outcome?

Command Analysis

Sporting Cristal

Current form
Sporting Kristall found itself in a very difficult group and was considered a clear outsider of the quartet before the start of the group stage. In the first two rounds, Paulo Autuori's team matched this status, suffering two defeats in a row, but broke the streak of failures in the third round by drawing 2-2 with Cerro Porteño. The Heavenly ones scored their first victory in the group in the last round, beating Bolivar 2-1. With four points, Sporting Kristall ended up on the third line in the table and is now only lagging behind Cerro Porteño due to additional indicators.
Disqualifications and injuries
Gonzalez, Casonatti and Jotun are injured.
Interesting betting trends
- Sporting Kristall has not lost in the last two matches – a win and a draw
- In three of the four group matches, Sporting Kristall scored
Approximate composition: Henriques – Sosa, Romero, Massoni, Lutiger – Gonzalez, Preteli, Tavara–Rivas, Cauteruccio, Castro.

Cerro Porteno

Current form
Cerro Porteño certainly expected to compete for the second place in the playoffs - if it was unrealistic to compete with Palmeiras for the leadership in the group, then Diego Martinez's team was quite capable of competing with Bolivar and Sporting Cristal. So far, the blue-garnet are coping with their task and occupy the second place in the table, but they are ahead of the third Sporting Crystal only due to additional indicators, Bolivar has one point less. After losing 0-2 to Palmeiras in the last round, Cerro Porteño extended the group's winless streak to three matches.
Disqualifications and injuries
Viera is disqualified. Melgarejo and Jimenez are injured.
Interesting betting trends
- In the last three group matches, Cerro Porteño has not lost – two defeats and a draw.
- In the last three matches, Cerro Porteño has scored against Sporting Crystal
Approximate composition: Martin – Benitez, Velasquez, Rodriguez, Rivas – Dominguez, Perez, Piris, Carizzo – Torres, Iturbe.
Trends
The bet is an accurate score of 3:1
Two of Cerro Porteño's last seven matches have ended with this score.
22.00Sporting Kristall'sbetwill score in the first half
In the last four matches of Sporting Kristall, such a bet was successful.
2.15Cerro Porteño'sbetwill score in the first half
In six of the last seven matches of Cerro Porteño, this bet was successful.
2.15Tip and bets
Sporting Kristall will certainly take risks today and only play to win – in the last round they will have to play away from Palmeiras, even taking into account the lack of motivation from the green and white, it will be difficult to count on points in Sao Paulo. In Asuncion, the sky scored two goals against Cerro Porteño, and today, even more so, it is unlikely that the Paraguayans will be able to win back to zero. At the same time, the blue-garnet team will definitely not give up the second place without a fight, there is plenty of experience at this level, the guests are quite capable of responding with one goal.
We believe that there will be goals in the match. The betting tip is that both will score. This bet is offered with a coefficient of 1.71
Betting on the outcome
Sporting Kristall has recently gained excellent form and is traditionally very strong at home – given the tournament layout, today the Peruvians will be determined only to win. In general, the heavenly ones are quite capable of achieving their goal – Cerro Porteño looked weak in recent rounds, to put it mildly, and the blue-garnet are traditionally extremely vulnerable in away matches. It makes sense in such a situation to give preference to the hosts, today the heavenly ones look objectively stronger.
The bet is the Asian handicap (0) on Sporting Crystal. This bet is offered for 1.79
Betting on corners
Sporting Kristall will undoubtedly play with an advantage at home and will surely win from the corners with a serious margin.
The bet is the victory of Sporting Kristall on the corners. This bet is offered for 1.89